Image series 10 / 2019: Lotte Laserstein

Portraits of Women

26 February 2019
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By: Bettina Pfleging

The German-Swedish painter Lotte Laserstein made a name for herself in the art scene of the Weimar Republic with her realistic style. The preferred theme of her works is the human being, especially the woman. She portrays sensitive and vividly contemporary types, fashionably dressed emancipated women in the big city of Berlin. Her liberal use of color paints nothing in addition and nothing away. In 1937, she was forced to emigrate to Sweden, and she was lost from public view.
Around 40 paintings and drawings, with a focus on works from the 1920s and 1930s, show Lotte Laserstein’s artistic development.